A 2-year-old boy died in a home used as a methamphetamine lab after his parents left him alone in his room with a heater turned on – and didn’t check on him, police in Missouri said. Braydon Barnes was put in his crib on a Friday and left unattended with …
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The former national security adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki, currently on trial for alleged money laundering and criminal breach of trust, has been granted bail by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Dasuki, facing a 19-count charge, is standing trial alongside Shuaibu Salisu,a former director of finance at the office …
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Nigeria’s former Petroleum Minister and former chairman of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mrs Alison Diezani-Madueke is reportedly dead. She was said to have died earlier today at a London hospital where she’s undergoing treatment for Cancer. A family source who prefer anonymity,disclosed this today. In a twist …
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Rights groups today,has called on US hip-hop star Nicki Minaj to cancel an upcoming concert in Angola, saying her performance would endorse the authoritarian rule of long-time PresidentJose Eduardo dos Santos. Minaj is due on stage on Saturday in the Angolan capital Luanda for a Christmas concert hosted by the …
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Popular Lagos celebrity blogger,Linda Ikeji has denied collecting N240 million from any aide of ex President Goodluck Jonathan as being asserted in some quarters. This is coming on the heels of an allegation by the domestic aide to Jonathan,who said he gave N240m to a popular Lagos female blogger.Reacting on …
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Reading news daily in Nigeria, revelations of how billions and trillions of Naira were looted from Nigeria’s treasury under the Goodluck Jonathan administration continue to hit Nigerians like a Mike Tyson blow. No one had envisaged the extent of the rot. In light of this, we takes a look at …
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I have been reading some depressing stories about the state of the Obafemi Awolowo University, formerly University of Ife, which provide an equally depressing metaphor for the state of higher education in Nigeria. Great Ife as that university is known to its staff, students and alumni, is probably Nigeria’s first model university …
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The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase has issued a stern warning to MASSOB and IPOB activists to stop threatening public peace or face the full weight of the law. “The warning followed the observation by the Nigeria Police Force leadership of the increasing resort to acts of brigandage by sets …
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The deputy governorship flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress in the November 21 election in Kogi State, James Faleke, on Tuesday filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja, demanding his declaration as governor-elect. Faleke also wrote Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC demanding the removal of his name …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it has arrested the former Chairman of Daar Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi. He was picked up in Abuja at about noon on Tuesday and was accompanied to the office of the EFCC by his son Raymond Dokpesi Jnr., who is the current …
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